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The Earth After Us: What legacy will humans leave in the rocks?
Jan Zalasiewicz
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Description for The Earth After Us: What legacy will humans leave in the rocks?
Paperback. If aliens came to Earth 100 millions years in the future, what traces would they find of long-extinct humanity's brief reign on the planet? This engaging and thought-provoking account looks at what our species will leave behind, buried deep in the rock strata, and provides us with a warning of our devastating environmental impact. Num Pages: 266 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 292.
What would alien visitors in the far future, piecing together the history of earth, find of our brief reign? What clues will we leave? What fossils? Just as we have gained knowledge of the past, of ancient climates and the activities of creatures long dead, so too might they decode the rocks. The Earth After Us takes a novel approach to show how geologists unravel the information in the rocks. As the alien scientists start investigating the strata, what story will they tell of us? What kind of fossils will humans leave behind? What ... Read more
What would alien visitors in the far future, piecing together the history of earth, find of our brief reign? What clues will we leave? What fossils? Just as we have gained knowledge of the past, of ancient climates and the activities of creatures long dead, so too might they decode the rocks. The Earth After Us takes a novel approach to show how geologists unravel the information in the rocks. As the alien scientists start investigating the strata, what story will they tell of us? What kind of fossils will humans leave behind? What ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
266
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
267g
Number of Pages
266
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199214983
SKU
V9780199214983
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About Jan Zalasiewicz
Jan Zalasiewicz is a lecturer in Geology at the University of Leicester. A field geologist, palaeontologist and statigrapher, he teaches various aspects of geology and Earth history to undergraduate and postgraduate students. He has published over a hundred papers in scientific journals.
Reviews for The Earth After Us: What legacy will humans leave in the rocks?
A sobering view of humanity's geological legacy.
PDS, The Guardian
Informative and even jaw-dropping.
Colin Waters, The Sunday Herald
this is a brilliant and unique book
Geoscientist
PDS, The Guardian
Informative and even jaw-dropping.
Colin Waters, The Sunday Herald
this is a brilliant and unique book
Geoscientist